Shoshenq II

Heqakheperre Shoshenq II was a pharaoh of the Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt. He was the only ruler of this dynasty whose tomb was not plundered by tomb robbers. His final resting place was discovered within an antechamber of Psusennes I's tomb at Tanis by Pierre Montet in 1939. Some scholars believe he was actually a younger son of Shoshensq I. He could have easily survived Osorkon I's 35-year reign and ruled Egypt for a few years before Takelot I came to power. His hawk-headed coffin is stylistically similar to the granite coffin of king Harsiese A, from Medinet Habu. He may have been an elder brother of Takelot II or an early Dynasty 22 ruler since he is now monumentally attested in both Lower and Upper Egypt at Bubastis and Abydos respectively. His prenomen means "The manifestation of Ra rules, the chosen one of Ra." He was in his fifties when he died. A forensic examination of his body by Dr. Douglas Derry, the head of Cairo Museum's anatomy department, reveals that he was a man in his 50s.